Purānas

By Swami Harshananda

Purānas are the Brāhmaṇas of the Vedas that are accepted as the purāṇas and not the present eighteen purāṇas.

References

• The Concise Encyclopedia of Hinduism, Swami Harshananda, Ram Krishna Math, Bangalore

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